This motherboard supports the latest Intel second generation Core i7/Core i5/Core i3/Pentium/Celeron Processors in the LGA1155 package, with memory and PCI Express controllers integrated to support 2-channel (4 DIMM) DDR3 memory and 16 PCI Express 2.0 lanes. This provides great graphics performance. Intel second generation Core i7/Core i5/Core i3/Pentium/Celeron Processors are among the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world.